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Celebrity lifestyles for salehttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/celebrity-lifestyles-for-sale-gwyneth-paltrow
<p>It started with Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop – now everyone from Zooey Deschanel and Reese Witherspoon to Lena Dunham is selling you their way of life</p><p>If you crave the advice of a woman just like you, except with bigger hair, newer jokes and far, far more money, then this is your time. Revel. Revel in the ever-multiplying number of celebrities who are now not just actors, not just writers, directors, models, producers, but also lifestyle brands. Walking in the perfumed footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow – whose <a href="http://goop.com/">Goop</a> website and newsletter provided such opportunities for gleeful despair as <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/30/sorry-gwyneth-paltrow-but-steaming-your-vagina-is-a-bad-idea">mugwort vaginal steaming</a> and the famed “winter detox” (“Keep your socks on in the house”) – we now have Blake Lively and Reese Witherspoon, who have both launched lifestyle brands in the past year. And in the past month <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/15/lena-dunham-to-launch-lenny-email-newsletter-for-young-women">Lena Dunham</a> and supermodel Karlie Kloss have joined them. The main thing they have in common? They need <em>you</em>.</p><p>Adopting a celebrity version of marching around the playground chanting: “Who wants to be in my gang?”, today’s stars aren’t content with creating their own lingerie line or perfume with top notes of “I’m getting to the age where Hollywood starts casting me as my boyfriend’s mother” – they want to wrestle back power one muesli recipe at a time. Where celebrities used to sell products, today they <em>are</em> the product. They are a walking advert for themselves – for the books they read, the superfoods they eat. They are a well-packaged bundle of values and advice. We trust them. If they say we’ll enjoy aerial yoga, or banana bread, or love itself, well… we’ll give it a try.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/celebrity-lifestyles-for-sale-gwyneth-paltrow">Continue reading...</a>CelebrityLife and styleBloggingNewspapers & magazinesDigital mediaMediaGwyneth PaltrowLena DunhamCultureReese WitherspoonFilmSun, 02 Aug 2015 08:00:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/celebrity-lifestyles-for-sale-gwyneth-paltrowPhotograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesSouthern charm: Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James site is named after her grandparent. ‘We only get one life,” she says in an introductory video, ‘so let’s make it pretty.’Photograph: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage‘I’ve spent the majority of my life in front of the camera’: Karlie Kloss takes a selfie with her sister Kimberly and John Green, Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff at the premiere of Paper Towns. She has just launched Klossy, a YouTube channel.Photograph: Layne Murdoch Jr/Getty ImagesLeading the way: Gwyneth Paltrow at last year’s launch party for Goop’s pop-up store in Dallas, Texas.Photograph: Layne Murdoch Jr/Getty ImagesLeading the way: Gwyneth Paltrow at last year’s launch party for Goop’s pop-up store in Dallas, Texas.Photograph: Todd Williamson/WireImageHello Giggles: Zooey Deschanel’s ‘online community’ is a sort of merrily castrated Comment is Free.Photograph: PROff the shelf: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is now an e-commerce space and has more than a million subscribers.Photograph: PROff the shelf: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is now an e-commerce space and has more than a million subscribers.Eva Wiseman2015-08-02T08:00:08ZLearning to love our bodies | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/learning-to-love-our-bodies-image-obesity-diet-weight
<p>A young woman dies taking diet pills; girls as young as eight are dissatisfied with their bodies... How raising awareness around obesity is triggering eating disorders</p><p>I’m trying to remember how I felt about my body when I was eight. Only I can’t really remember <em>having</em>&nbsp;a&nbsp;body back then. I can remember being a chimpanzee. I&nbsp;can&nbsp;remember being a wrestler, and&nbsp;a vampire, and a sad clown, and a tree, but in none of these guises was my body anything other than an extension of my own mind. It&nbsp;wouldn’t have occurred to me to separate it from what was simply “me” – it was me like my voice was me, like the way I felt about peas was&nbsp;me. Things have changed.</p><p>The largest <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/23/basis-for-eating-disorders-found-in-children-as-young-as-eight" title="">UK study ever on eating disorders in children</a> followed 6,000 kids through their lives and found that at the age of eight 5% of girls (and 3% of boys) were dissatisfied with their body. This dissatisfaction rose as they got older&nbsp;– at 14 it had grown to swallow 32% of girls (and 16% of boys). Bearing in mind this was six years ago, I wonder how today’s eight-year-olds feel.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/learning-to-love-our-bodies-image-obesity-diet-weight">Continue reading...</a>WomenLife and styleObesitySocietyBody imageHealth & wellbeingHealthSun, 02 Aug 2015 05:00:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/learning-to-love-our-bodies-image-obesity-diet-weightPhotograph: Getty‘Do we think that to eat healthily you must diet, or feel shame when you have pudding?’: Eva Wiseman Photograph: GettyPhotograph: Getty‘Do we think that to eat healthily you must diet, or feel shame when you have pudding?’: Eva Wiseman Photograph: GettyEva Wiseman2015-08-02T05:00:06ZThe best new nude nail varnisheshttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/the-best-new-nude-nails
<p>Sophisticated neutrals for instant elegance</p><p>The nude nail has become as ubiquitous on the catwalk as a&nbsp;red lip or a moody scowl – they are the new neutrals, what <em>Vogue</em> calls “normcore for nails”. And you can see why. They make an otherwise knobbly and dry-knuckled hand look elegant enough to get away with carrying a &pound;500 handbag. They give an illusion of pianists’ fingers, of ballerinas’ poise, and all it takes is 70 seconds in a traffic jam and a little bottle of <strong>MAC’s nail lacquer in Coffee Break</strong> (&pound;10, <a href="http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/" title="">maccosmetics.co.uk</a>). <strong>Christian Louboutin’s nail colour</strong> (&pound;36, <a href="http://www.selfridges.com/" title="">selfridges</a>.com) goes even further. It won’t just make your hands look elegant – by displaying the sculpted bottle on your shelf, it’ll make your flat look sophisticated, too.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/the-best-new-nude-nails">Continue reading...</a>BeautyLife and styleSun, 02 Aug 2015 04:59:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/02/the-best-new-nude-nailsPhotograph: /PRBare necessities: our pick of the nude nail varnishes.Photograph: /PRBare necessities: our pick of the nude nail varnishes.Eva Wiseman2015-08-02T04:59:04ZThe best new facial essenceshttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/26/best-new-facial-essences-eva-wiseman
<p>Pat one on daily to freshen up your make-up routine</p><p>Facial essence feels like water and looks like water and, if you believe the hype, is almost as essential. This is the new addition to your already laborious cleansing routine – this is the step between rinsing and moisturising where you pat a liquid into your face and hope for the best. The modern version of a toner, essences prepare the skin for your moisturiser, with <strong>Tom Ford’s Intensive Infusion Treatment Essence</strong> (&pound;82, <a href="http://www.tomford.com/">tomford.com</a>) promising to hydrate and soften and basically make you prettier. As you press it into your skin twice a day, patting the recommended 100 times, half of you will be congratulating yourself on this investment in your skin’s health. The other half will be lost in a 90s reverie, remembering how simple washing used to be.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/26/best-new-facial-essences-eva-wiseman">Continue reading...</a>BeautyLife and styleSun, 26 Jul 2015 05:00:11 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/26/best-new-facial-essences-eva-wisemanPhotograph: illOf the essence: slip on something light to keep in the moisture this summerPhotograph: illOf the essence: slip on something light to keep in the moisture this summerEva Wiseman2015-07-26T05:00:11ZWhat goes on inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl? | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/26/girls-minds-pixar-inside-out-film-animation
<p>Inside Out, Pixar’s new film, offers a helpful insight – and reveals the unexpected pressure to be ‘happy’</p><p>Like <a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140828-the-man-who-invented-a-colour">Yves Klein</a>’s deep, uncomfortable blue, Pixar should patent the particular happysadness you feel when you emerge from seeing its films. The teary wonder at nature and humanity that comes from watching anthropomorphised lamps fall in love and causes one to skip from the cinema, leaping over a&nbsp;puddle of yeah-that-was-definitely-vomit, to shrug regretfully at the guy who failed to nick your wallet outside Wasabi, and to fall asleep with a&nbsp;magical sigh, and to dream. Its&nbsp;new release, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/inside-out"><em>Inside Out</em></a>, is perhaps my favourite yet. Despite it having no superheroes, no magic carpets, in fact nothing that flies at all.</p><p>The film is set inside the brain of an 11-year-old girl, Riley, and the heroes are her five emotions. They bicker like colleagues in a call centre, taking night shifts to watch over Riley’s dreams – their window looks out on to five islands: Family, Honesty, Hockey, Friendship and Goofball, each threatening to crumble under the choices Riley’s emotions help her to make. There’s Anger, Fear, Sadness, Disgust (voiced by <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/01/mindy-kaling-project">Mindy Kaling</a>) and the effervescent yellow Joy, who <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/amy-poehler">Amy Poehler</a> plays with such <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/24/parks-and-recreation-prime-time-feminism-laughs">Leslie Knope-like</a> sprightliness that there are times when just to gaze at her is exhausting. But she can’t help being so perky – she’s just drawn that way.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/26/girls-minds-pixar-inside-out-film-animation">Continue reading...</a>PixarFilmCultureAnimationWomenLife and styleSun, 26 Jul 2015 04:59:12 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/26/girls-minds-pixar-inside-out-film-animationPhotograph: PixarHow are you feeling? a still from Inside Out. From left: Sadness, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Joy. Photograph: PixarPhotograph: PixarHow are you feeling? a still from Inside Out. From left: Sadness, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Joy. Photograph: PixarEva Wiseman2015-07-26T04:59:12ZBake Off’s Paul and Mary: We just work in a tent, judging breadhttp://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/19/bake-off-paul-hollywood-mary-berry-dysfunctional-family
<p>With the hit show returning to BBC1, Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry discuss their yin and yang appeal and the show’s ‘dysfunctional family’</p><ul><li><a href="http://gu.com/p/4ag74/stw">Mel and Sue: It’s just a show about cakes</a></li></ul><p>After their portraits have been taken, Paul and Mary settle beside each other on Mel and Sue’s vacated sofa, and Paul takes out his phone. Mary, with a cup of tea and a hot water bottle, fills the silence with polite small talk, while he scrolls intently. It’s clear their relationship is most similar to that of a stubborn son and his long suffering mother. She smoothly distracts from his distraction, asking how my journey was, whether I was warm enough. Another pause. “When you’re ready, Paul,” somebody nudges.</p><p><strong>How has your relationship evolved?</strong></p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/mar/15/mary-berry-baking-is-physical-and-mental-therapy">Mary Berry: baking is physical and mental therapy</a> </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/19/bake-off-paul-hollywood-mary-berry-dysfunctional-family">Continue reading...</a>The Great British Bake OffMary BerryPaul HollywoodFood TVTelevisionCultureFood & drinkLife and styleSun, 19 Jul 2015 07:00:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/19/bake-off-paul-hollywood-mary-berry-dysfunctional-familyPhotograph: Pål Hansen for Observer Food MonthlyPhotograph: Pål Hansen for Observer Food MonthlyInterview by Eva Wiseman2015-07-19T07:00:09ZBake Off’s Mel and Sue: It’s just a show about cakes – but it means a lot to peoplehttp://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/19/great-british-bake-off-mel-giedroyc-sue-perkins-its-a-show-about-cakes
<p>As The Great British Bake Off returns, its presenters Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc talk of friendship, succeess – and how a baked alaska ended up on Newsnight</p><ul><li><a href="http:// http://gu.com/p/4ag9c/stw">Paul and Mary: We just work in a tent, judging bread</a></li></ul><p>The sun always shines in the world of <em>The Great British Bake Off,</em> an Arcadian land where the currency is compliments, innuendo and pie. It is an unseasonably hot day when I visit Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood on the set of the sixth series of<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/17/the-great-british-bake-off-tv-ratings-2014"> the biggest programme in Britain</a>, and the tent smells of sugary sweat. It sits in the shadow of a grand country house in Welford Park, Berkshire, home to a family clearly still bemused by the presence of a camera crew, and home temporarily to the presenters’ green room too – the library, now well stocked with Twix bars.</p><p>They hug, quite a lot. The hugs, though, range in quality, from Paul’s gentlemanly arm around Mary’s shoulder, to Sue’s massive bear-hug-from-behind, to Mel’s intimate earlobe caress. When I sneak from the main house into the tent, I see the contestants, all perched expectantly beside their warm bakes.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/apr/19/sue-perkins-bake-off-host-feels-heat">Sue Perkins: Bake Off host under fire | Observer profile</a> </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/19/great-british-bake-off-mel-giedroyc-sue-perkins-its-a-show-about-cakes">Continue reading...</a>The Great British Bake OffFood TVTelevisionCultureFood & drinkLife and styleSun, 19 Jul 2015 07:00:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/19/great-british-bake-off-mel-giedroyc-sue-perkins-its-a-show-about-cakesPhotograph: Pål Hansen for Observer Food MonthlySue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc.Photograph: Pål Hansen for Observer Food MonthlySue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc.Interview by Eva Wiseman2015-07-19T07:00:08ZGetting into the party spirit | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/19/getting-into-party-spirit-family-summer
<p>It’s the summer party season, and everyone requires something different of you – from slugging tequila to being a dutiful daughter</p><p>It was when I reached up to tie the balloons to our front door that the very weight of them made me sit down.</p><p>It was Saturday, and it was the baby’s first birthday. The night before we’d been invited to another party, of the kind I used to be used to, a kitchen crammed full of guys drinking and giggling and waves of people turning up after midnight, and something really funny happening to do with two colleagues going home together despite sort of hating each other, and mixing your drinks in a&nbsp;massive mug and someone at some point after three going: “Shall&nbsp;we just get in the car and DRIVE TO MANCHESTER?”</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/19/getting-into-party-spirit-family-summer">Continue reading...</a>FamilyLife and styleWomenParents and parentingSun, 19 Jul 2015 05:00:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/19/getting-into-party-spirit-family-summerPhotograph: Sturti/Getty Images‘Parties bring out the worst in people. Come for the possibility of sex, the invites should read…’: Eva Wiseman. Photograph: Sturti/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Sturti/Getty Images‘Parties bring out the worst in people. Come for the possibility of sex, the invites should read…’: Eva Wiseman. Photograph: Sturti/Getty ImagesEva Wiseman2015-07-19T05:00:04ZThe best floral fragranceshttp://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/jul/19/the-best-floral-fragrances-perfumes
<p>Glorious summer scents with a hint of herbaceous borders</p><p>I&nbsp;want the smell of suburban gardens to stay with me all day long. Honeysuckle, apple blossom, jasmine, lilac… all the flowers, all at once, now. My new favourite floral scent for summer is <strong>Miller</strong> <strong>Harris’s</strong> delicate <strong>Rose Silence</strong> (&pound;65, <a href="http://www.millerharris.com/" title="">millerharris.com</a>) which is clean and young with hints of mandarin under the rose. It smells of a&nbsp;hundred childhood memories. <strong>MiN New York’s</strong> new fragrance <strong>Botanist</strong> (&pound;200, <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/" title="">Liberty</a>) is more exclusive (read: expensive), but it is similarly thrilling, with its delicate garden floweriness – peonies, roses, lily of the valley – undercut with a pleasing hint of grapefruit and recently dug dirt. And the glory of florals is they range from pretty rose scents all the way down to an earthier darkness. You’re sure to find one you love.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/jul/19/the-best-floral-fragrances-perfumes">Continue reading...</a>BeautyLife and styleFashionSun, 19 Jul 2015 04:59:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/jul/19/the-best-floral-fragrances-perfumesPhotograph: /PRMaking scents: our pick of the best summer perfumes.Photograph: /PRMaking scents: our pick of the best summer perfumes.Eva Wiseman2015-07-19T04:59:04ZMy mobile: so much more than a phone | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/19/mobile-phones-obsession-depression
<p>Mobiles are our everything, so we shouldn’t be shocked that they can now even gauge – and damage – our mental health</p><p>My mum came back from a party when I was little and told me about a conversation she’d had with somebody who worked for BT. “In the future, we won’t phone a family,” he’d said to her, to our general 1980s bafflement, all Rubik’s Cubes and CND badges. “We’ll call a person.” I think of this whenever mobile phones are in the news. So yes, I think of it often.</p><p>In the long years since, mobile phones have become our everythings. They contain our secrets and our lies and our photos of sunsets, they told us someone loved us and that our uncle had died.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/19/mobile-phones-obsession-depression">Continue reading...</a>Mobile phonesMobile phonesTelecomsTechnologyBTTelecommunications industryUK newsSat, 18 Jul 2015 23:05:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/19/mobile-phones-obsession-depressionPhotograph: Peter Parks/GettyResearch has found that people with depression spend four times longer using their phones than those who are not depressed. Photograph: Peter Parks/GettyPhotograph: Peter Parks/GettyResearch has found that people with depression spend four times longer using their phones than those who are not depressed. Photograph: Peter Parks/GettyEva Wiseman2015-07-18T23:05:07ZRichard E Grant: ‘I can never be an arse, or someone will tweet it’http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/18/richard-e-grant-actor-lessons-in-life
<p>The actor, 58, on life in the spotlight, why he relishes every moment and what he cooked for Meryl Streep</p><p><strong>The smell of Johnson’s Baby Powder </strong>takes me all the way from being a child to having a child. It’s a warm, fuzzy feeling, like anything’s possible. Of course it’s all chemicals, but what chemicals! They capture the very essence of “baby”.</p><p><strong>The nature of being a fan is a cul-de-sac.</strong> I was at a party while we were making <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/interactive/2013/aug/24/philip-french-the-player-review" title=""><em>The Player</em></a><em> </em>in LA when Winona Ryder started quoting <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/withnail-i" title=""><em>Withnail</em></a> to me. And then I saw Barbra Streisand, and I was like: “Shut up Winona, I need to get to Babs.” I fanned her 100 times over. She asked if I was stoned. I told her about the letter I’d written her at 14 years old, inviting her to Swaziland to swim in our pool. She was very apologetic when she said she didn’t remember.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/18/richard-e-grant-actor-lessons-in-life">Continue reading...</a>FilmWithnail & IRichard E GrantSat, 18 Jul 2015 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/18/richard-e-grant-actor-lessons-in-lifePhotograph: Suki Dhanda for the ObserverRichard E Grant, in his garden: 'I live in dread of shoulda woulda. I’ve outlived my father by six years, so every month is a bonus. I wrestle every opportunity with gusto.' Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the ObserverPhotograph: Suki Dhanda for the ObserverRichard E Grant, in his garden: 'I live in dread of shoulda woulda. I’ve outlived my father by six years, so every month is a bonus. I wrestle every opportunity with gusto.' Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the ObserverEva Wiseman2015-07-18T13:00:00ZThe best blue nail varnishes for summer | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/12/best-blue-nail-varnishes-for-summer
<p>Blue is definitely the warmest colour this year. Take your pick from one of these classic shades - and be sure to do your fingers and toes…</p><p>Blue is the colour of this season’s nail. <strong>Chanel</strong> styled it as soft for daytime, then dark and rebellious for night – take your pick from the bright Biro blues of the sky two Wednesdays ago, or a schoolish navy and sparkling bruise. Blue nails (<strong>Nailberry</strong> <strong>Number</strong> <strong>69</strong>, &pound;14.50, <a href="http://nailberry.co.uk" title="">nailberry.co.uk</a>) look surprisingly formal. As nail colour options have multiplied into a glossy rainbow, the simple blue has become a&nbsp;quiet classic. Less obviously sexy than a red or pink, blue is the choice for those of us who want the world to know we were once a&nbsp;bit wild. If only, it says, if only you’d known us then.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/12/best-blue-nail-varnishes-for-summer">Continue reading...</a>BeautyLife and styleSun, 12 Jul 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/12/best-blue-nail-varnishes-for-summerPhotograph: PRShady characters: paint them blue this month.Photograph: PRShady characters: paint them blue this month.Eva Wiseman2015-07-12T05:00:00ZScared of summer? You should be… | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/12/scared-of-summer-you-should-be-eva-wiseman
<p>So far we’ve had sharks in Kent, a rampaging robot, killer barbecues… and let’s not think about what’s in the pool</p><p>As summer broke, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/paris-hilton" title="">Paris Hilton</a> boarded a small plane for an aerial tour of Dubai. Can you imagine anything hotter? Of course, you and I have experienced heat, too, this heat that feels like you’re standing in a wind tunnel of all your past humiliations, farting past you one by one. This heat that bodes badly for the summer/civilisation, this heat that brings our primality to the surface. Fear. It blows in on the heat.</p><p>So Paris is on the plane. Within minutes of taking off, the aircraft began to dive. Alarms sounded. Everybody was screaming – some passengers strapped on parachutes and jumped out into the sky. When the plane landed safely, Hilton learned she had been <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2015/jun/29/paris-hilton-plane-crash-tv-prank-egyptian-trick" title="">pranked by a&nbsp;TV show called <em>Ramez in Control</em></a>.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/12/scared-of-summer-you-should-be-eva-wiseman">Continue reading...</a>Sun, 12 Jul 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/12/scared-of-summer-you-should-be-eva-wisemanPhotograph: Blend Images LLCCome on in, the water’s… eeeuuuck: don’t get out of your depth this summer. Photograph: Blend Images LLCPhotograph: Blend Images LLCCome on in, the water’s… eeeuuuck: don’t get out of your depth this summer. Photograph: Blend Images LLCEva Wiseman2015-07-12T05:00:00ZThe many lives of Phillip Toledano - in pictureshttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/11/the-many-lives-of-phillip-toledano-in-pictures
<p>We all wonder what the future holds, but Phillip Toledano took it a step further. He created a series of startling self-portraits in which he imagined how he might look in years to come</p><p>Maybe<em> by Phillip Toledano is published by Dewi Lewis at £30. To order a copy for £24, go to <a href="https://bookshop.theguardian.com/">bookshop.theguardian.com</a></em></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/11/the-many-lives-of-phillip-toledano-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCultureAgeingSat, 11 Jul 2015 22:55:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/11/the-many-lives-of-phillip-toledano-in-picturesPhotograph: Phillip ToledanoPhotograph: Phillip ToledanoEva Wiseman2015-07-11T22:55:03ZWhy is there always a backlash against feminist stars? | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/05/why-is-there-always-a-backlash-against-feminist-stars-eva-wiseman
<p>Fearless feminist icons like Lena Dunham are held to impossible standards and then pilloried. Will the same now happen to brilliant comedian Amy Schumer?</p><p>A group of men sit round a table and make one of the most memorable bits of TV I’ve seen. In a perfect remake of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/nov/26/juror-view-twelve-angry-men"><em>12 Angry Men</em></a>, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Goldblum, and Dennis Quaid argue furiously across an episode of Comedy Central’s <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/09/inside-amy-schumer-judd-apatow"><em>Inside Amy Schumer</em></a>, their shirts becoming increasingly rumpled. But instead of debating the innocence of a boy accused of murdering his own father, the jurors must decide whether or not comedian Schumer is hot enough to be on TV. “Look, we’ve all at some point in our lives gotten a semi for a girl with a pillowy stomach or Muppet tits,” the Fonda stand-in sweats, attempting to persuade his peers that comedian Schumer, while not hot, is still “bangable”. “And that’s all the system demands for us to acquit Amy.” The room becomes claustrophobic. A man breaks down. This is probably the best, most political comedy sketch to feature duelling dildos that you’ll see all year.</p><p>There’s a scene in <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tina-fey">Tina Fey</a>’s memoir <em>Bossypants</em> where <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/amy-poehler">Amy Poehler</a> is practising a new joke on her <em>Saturday Night Live</em> colleagues, and Jimmy Fallon shouts: “Stop that! It’s not cute! I don’t like it.” “I don’t fucking care if you like it,” Poehler replies, with dark-eyed calm. “With that exchange, a cosmic shift took place,” Fey recalls. “Amy made it clear that she wasn’t there to be cute.” Like the 12 Angry Men – real-life incarnations of whom you can find right now commenting below-the-line – much of Schumer’s comedy (the second season of <em>Inside Amy Schumer</em> is out in the UK this summer) is the embodiment of this exchange. Fey cameos in an episode, along with Patricia Arquette and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/julia-louis-dreyfus">Julia Louis-Dreyfus</a>. Schumer stumbles across them having a picnic – they’re performing a Viking funeral to celebrate what the media have decided is Julia’s “last fuckable day”.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/05/why-is-there-always-a-backlash-against-feminist-stars-eva-wiseman">Continue reading...</a>WomenFeminismComedyLena DunhamTina FeyAmy PoehlerAmy SchumerSun, 05 Jul 2015 04:59:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/05/why-is-there-always-a-backlash-against-feminist-stars-eva-wisemanPhotograph: Everett/REX ShutterstockAmy Schumer and Dennis Quaid in 12 Angry Men Inside Amy SchumerPhotograph: Everett/REX ShutterstockAmy Schumer and Dennis Quaid in 12 Angry Men Inside Amy SchumerPhotograph: Michael Tran/FilmMagic‘As Amy Schumer (with her Judd Apatow-produced film) goes mainstream I wonder how, how, will the world organise to bring her down?’: Amy Schumer takes to the stage in Las Vegas. Photograph: Michael Tran/FilmMagicPhotograph: Michael Tran/FilmMagic‘As Amy Schumer (with her Judd Apatow-produced film) goes mainstream I wonder how, how, will the world organise to bring her down?’: Amy Schumer takes to the stage in Las Vegas. Photograph: Michael Tran/FilmMagicEva Wiseman2015-07-05T04:59:05ZGet your legs summer ready | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/05/get-legs-summer-ready-beauty-treatment
<p>Owning a pair of smooth brown legs can be hard work. But these products will help you shoulder the burden</p><p>That time’s rolled around again when you realise: “Oh! I have legs!” Yes – those flaccid tubes of hard flesh that live inside your tights weren’t just to keep your feet on. They were waiting to kill your heatwave buzz. The maintenance these guys need, my God. Unless you’re prepared to do a whole feminist monologue every time you wear a skirt, you’ll have to depilate your shins. And then there’s the moisturising, the tanning… Some magazines even advise on how to use bronzer and concealer to contour them for parties. I’ve been testing a selection of leg products that were invented to help you splosh them simply into shape – the dry oils are lovely for parties, but for every day, Kiehl’s classic <strong>Creme de Corps</strong> (&pound;27, <a href="http://www.kiehls.co.uk/index.aspx" title="">kiehls.co.uk</a>) is non-sticky, long-lasting and pleasingly forget-about-able. Recommended</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/05/get-legs-summer-ready-beauty-treatment">Continue reading...</a>BeautyLife and styleSun, 05 Jul 2015 04:59:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jul/05/get-legs-summer-ready-beauty-treatmentPhotograph: PRStep in the right direction: polish up your pins with these creams and lotions.Photograph: PRStep in the right direction: polish up your pins with these creams and lotions.Eva Wiseman2015-07-05T04:59:04ZObserver Ethical Awards 2015 winners: Festival of Thrifthttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/02/observer-ethical-awards-2015-winners-festival-of-thrift
<p>The festival at Lingfield Point which celebates thrift and frugal living has won this year’s Arts and Culture Award</p><p>Last year 40,000 people descended on Darlington for the <a href="http://www.festivalofthrift.co.uk/">Festival of Thrift</a> – an anarchic weekend of make do and mend, with added nail art. “Thrift encompasses lots of different attitudes,” says director Stella Hall. “From sustainable enterprise all the way down to saving pennies. It’s about a respect for materials, and for the planet. It’s about choosing wisely and looking after what you have – which is quite a lot to fit into such a tiny word.”</p><p>At <a href="http://www.lingfieldpoint.co.uk/">Lingfield Point</a> (once the world’s biggest wool factory) they’ll celebrate thrift for the third time this year, inviting festivalgoers to fire glass in a microwave, make their own butter or build an instrument from scrap. They encourage everybody to “think through their fingers”, fix their phones, stitch their buttons. “I had a moment last year,” says Hall, “watching a crowd building a shed, a group of people singing behind them – everybody a mix of ages, from kids to vintagers – and I realised everybody had arrived from a different direction but all had found their place.”</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/02/observer-ethical-awards-2015-winners-festival-of-thrift">Continue reading...</a>Observer Ethical Awards 2015EnvironmentEqualitySocietyWomenLife and styleThu, 02 Jul 2015 21:00:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/02/observer-ethical-awards-2015-winners-festival-of-thriftPhotograph: Tracy Kidd/ObserverA stitch in time: children have fun making models at the festival. Photograph: Tracy Kidd for the ObserverPhotograph: Tracy Kidd/ObserverA stitch in time: children have fun making models at the festival. Photograph: Tracy Kidd for the ObserverEva Wiseman2015-07-02T21:00:05ZWhat Glastonbury really means | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/28/what-glastonbury-really-means-festival-eva-wiseman
<p>It’s the last day of Glastonbury and you’ve lost your friends, your phone signal, your sense of reality, your glorious life plans, your youth. Still wish you were here?</p><p>Like fireworks and nature, the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/glastonbury">Glastonbury festival</a> can be seen as a metaphor for anything. As you read this, all my best friends are groin-deep in the emotional effluvia of the closing day of the festival, miles away from roads, baths, real life. I am at home, where I perform essential tasks such as texting them to say that Michael Jackson has died, say, or that I’ve seen them on telly, eyes the size of London, sitting on the shoulders of a man with a Bart Simpson tattoo.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/live/2015/jun/28/glastonbury-2015-live-kanye-west-florence-dalai-lama-weller-who">Glastonbury 2015 live: Sunday daytime – reaction to Kanye, Florence's early hours set, the Dalai Lama, the Who and more</a> </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/28/what-glastonbury-really-means-festival-eva-wiseman">Continue reading...</a>Glastonbury 2015Glastonbury festivalMusicSun, 28 Jun 2015 05:30:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/28/what-glastonbury-really-means-festival-eva-wisemanPhotograph: Andy Hall for the GuardianFestivalgoers walk to the top of the Park at the festival.Eva Wiseman2015-06-28T05:30:10ZThe best new summer scented candles | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/28/best-new-summer-scented-candles
<p>Luxurious scents that make your home smell of holidays</p><p>Like dogs, scented candles aren’t just for Christmas. To light a posh candle when it’s still warm and bright outside, and to fill your living room with the smell of citrus and jasmine, and rum and oranges, and of gardens recently rained on, is one of summer’s great luxuries. Here are some of the most lingering, most unusual (and gorgeous) scents, including <strong>Bella Freud</strong>’s delicious <strong>Ginsberg is God</strong> candle – it smells of crushed tomato vines (&pound;40, <a href="http://www.bellafreud.com/" title="">bellafreud.com</a>). Burn them at home on a long lazy evening, then lie back and think of holidays.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/28/best-new-summer-scented-candles">Continue reading...</a>BeautyLife and styleSun, 28 Jun 2015 04:59:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/28/best-new-summer-scented-candlesPhotograph: PRHeaven scent: our pick of the candles.Photograph: PRHeaven scent: our pick of the candles.Eva Wiseman2015-06-28T04:59:09ZWhat is the price of heartbreak? | Eva Wisemanhttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/21/what-is-the-price-of-heartbreak-eva-wiseman
<p>The estranged wife of Russia’s richest man is seeking a divorce settlement of £5bn. And she deserves every penny, as anyone who’s ever had their heart broken knows</p><p>I read details of the world’s biggest divorce with a mixture of agony and awe, and then I read it again. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3064178/Ex-wife-Russia-s-richest-man-launches-legal-bid-claim-half-10BILLION-fortune-Putin.html">Natalia Potanina</a> has refused husband Vladimir’s &pound;32m offer, insisting that Russia’s richest man (who, after a 30-year marriage is leaving her and their children for his pregnant employee) should give her half of his &pound;10bn fortune.</p><p>If only all heartbreak could be quantified. Lots of my good friends have recently become single and they are dealing with it in various ways: they’re running, they’re writing, they’re falling in love with their piano teachers.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/21/what-is-the-price-of-heartbreak-eva-wiseman">Continue reading...</a>RelationshipsLife and styleSun, 21 Jun 2015 05:00:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/21/what-is-the-price-of-heartbreak-eva-wisemanPhotograph: Ria Novosti/AlamyNatalia Potanina is insisting cheating husband Vladimir gives her half his £10bn fortune.Photograph: Ria Novosti/AlamyNatalia Potanina is insisting cheating husband Vladimir gives her half his £10bn fortune.Eva Wiseman2015-06-21T05:00:03Z